The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-21

For example, there are, am told, 1OO,-
100000 acres of indemnity lands with
drawn from settlement in favor of corpor-
ations. There is no law for this. 1t is all
wrong, and the interior department can
break through these precedents and give
the settlers as well as the corporations a
fair show. hope that will be DONE"
"And congress, Mr.. Powderlyw
"As for congress, why, it ought to repeal
the pre-emption, the timber culture, and
the desert-land laws at the first opportu7
nifty. They are premium on fraud.
They give land away too easily. They
squander the land. The time has come
when we ought to be little parsimonious,
or if not that W. ought to be more careful.
Give the country good, honest, square
homestead act, and let that be the basis OF
all operations in land. Then we shall be
safe, and three-quarters of the perjury
and land-grabbing which disgrace the
times will be done away with"
".4nd yOn haze full faith tn tie present ad-
miniStration that ii 7oiH 40 70hatevey can 81
GoYe?'
81 haze Mr.. Cleveland is a conscien
tious man and means to do the right thing
He is in sympathy with the people, as this
splendid and bold letter shows very
plainly. He has not taken this step with.
out mature and careful thought. He
knows that good many of the corpora
tions and the cattle syndicates will be
against him. What efH? Tile people ay.
7oihh him. That ends the matter, and that
is all there is to it. When the presidentis
of the people, and with the people and
for the people, he is pretty sure to be
right and he will most certainly be sus-
tained.H
j. B. Lennon of the Tailors' followed in
a warm and eloquent talk declaring that
the Labor Party was the tail to no ones
kite and that Mr.. Powderly had showr
himself in the position of doing the work
of the old Doodle parties.
j. H. Croxton said he was not knight
but he was Labor Party man; that il
looked to him as though this whole affair
was sharp game of Mr.. Powderly's tc
keep the workers in the ranks of the two
old parties; that if Powderly was a Labor
man his place was in the Labor Party ani
that until he repented and came ther
there must be war.
Louis Culmsee said the Labor Party
had either to fight or run. He voted t.
fight from now on. Let the boodlers b
warned. Mr.. Macdonald said that th'
other side had unsheathed the sword ant
that now the issue was made the Labor
Party must not finch.
Mr.. Shove made a brilliant and burning
address. He pointed out that Mr.. Pow
derly's associates while in Denver were the
boodlers whom the Labor Party hat
kicked out of the ranks at the last elec
ton; that they had rallied around Mr.
Powderly, and that with his help they
hoped to bury this honest and independ
ent movement for honest government. HI
denounced these Doodle workingmen as
the hired, paid, bought and slavish tools
of the two old parties, put into the fielt
solely to destroy the Labor Party. Am One
their leaders was Mr.. Tom Neasham, who
had a great deal to say about American
ism who declared that Mr.. Haskell mus
be driven out of Denver. Mr.. Haskell was
an American, and his ancestry was OF
Plymouth Rock; who was the man who
said he must leave his, own country! THAI
man is Mr.. Neasham, miserable alien
who has been seUen years in this country
and is not yet citizen or entitled to vote
The check of this man was colossal. Mr.
Neasham and his Doodle friends had dug
up the tomahawk; that is an American
weapon, and these men shall find out that
we know how to use it. Great applause,
Mr.. Stein, of the Cigarmakers, said this
town is not very greatly Powderly town
but it is very much Labor Party town
and that the unions we're up to snuff and
would not be led by the nose by anybody
Mr.. Swank said he was a member of
| 321S, the Neasham assembly, that he for
one loved truth and despised men who
would follow man against principle.
He was in favor of the resolutions first,
last and all the time, and he was far from
being the only U. P. man who felt the
same way.
The resolutions were then put and car
ried without single adverse vote, where
upon the house cheered with approval.
The executive committee reported that
the public mass meeting had not been
held because of the wind and dnst.
The rent committee we're granted
further time.
A committee was appointed to telegraph
O'Brien in Canada the sympathies of the
party and its denunciation of the Outrages
to which he has been subjected.
Adjourned, with cheers. for one week.